I wasn’t going to start this blog until my cousin Avery and I actually got to Malaysia, but, mainly due to a lack of space, I cannot sleep on this 13-hour flight from Vancouver BC, to Hong Kong. Therefore, I will start this blog while I am in the air, aboard a Boeing 777. Sitting […][...]
Posts Tagged ‘commentary by Anthony’
Why doesn’t my time playing Basketball count towards recreational experience?
Why doesn’t my time as a scholarship athlete at both the University of Washington and Portland State University count towards recreational experience on a job application? The amount of time put into the game of basketball should count for some type of experience other than, being able to list tha[...]
Cost money to make money
A homeless man finally gets a job after months of searching. He was accused of not wanting to work, and even worse he was more or less exiled from his family due to his lack of employment. This is despite the fact that he has been looking for some time. More than willing to work, […][...]
August 30th, 2016 - 12:45 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
Why, What, How, Where, When?
Why have me read, Ellison, Baldwin, Parks, and Wright as a kid, if at the end of the day, I was supposed to simply accept the cards I was dealt. What was the point of learning and studying about Malcolm, Toure, Seale and Huey, if all we are going to do in response to police […][...]
June 24th, 2016 - 1:45 am § in Misc.
Anthony Washington
The 6’10 center Washington is showing great footwork, power and finesse around the basket. He is ready to contribute to a team that needs a low post present with great passion for defense READMORE ABOUT ANT or see more pix.[...]
Not thinking big enough
It’s been widely reported, in recent months, that black people, who were and continue to be disproportionately affected by anti-marijuana laws, are now being excluded from the growing legalized pot industry. In Seattle, this reality combined with growing frustrations over the gentrification of[...]
May 24th, 2016 - 8:50 am § in Misc.
A Dialog with Anthony on Race
Do we realize that there are over a billion people of African descent on this planet! We are socialized to think that we are not even kin to those just south of us in the Caribbean let alone the black men and women in Australia, Papua New Guinea, shit Africa!. Not realizing that slavery was [&hellip[...]
April 24th, 2016 - 10:52 am § in The Ave Scene
Anthony, a Collage
Yeah, I made a collage ha. I am looking at pics thought it was cool to see myself at (12 in the pic, started playing at 10) all the way to 19. This is what I am writing about. Respeck my game hahahaha. MY chapter is a reflection of MY BASKETBALL EXPERIENCE IN SEATTLE. Never […][...]
More than just football players
The NCAA must do more to help prepare current and former student athletes for life after sports. A start would be allowing kids to actually major in subjects they are interested in. In 2002, I received an athletic scholarship, for basketball, from the University of Washington. I attended the schoo[...]
Adversity is Nothing #2
Up until the friendly match that Avery and I played last Sunday against a Croatian team that is participating in the actual basketball tournament, my time in Malaysia has been cool. The two other import players from America are really good basketball players. The food has been amazing, with the exce[...]